Stove-rest for culinary and other articles



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' W. L. 1VI0DOWELL.

STOVE BEST FOR CULINARY AND OTHER ARTICLES. No. 243,937. Patented July5, 1881.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM L. MCDOW'ELL, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

STOVE-REST FOR CULINARY AND OTHER ARTICLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 243,937, dated July 5,1881.

Application filed September 22, 1880.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, WILLIAM L. MoDowELL, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city and county of Philadelphia and State ofPennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Stove-Rest for Culinary andOther Articles, which improvement is fully set forth in the followingspecification and accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a frontview of a stove or range having my invention applied to it. Fig. 2 is atop view thereof. Fig. 3 is a. side view thereof, partly sectional.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the severalfigures.

This invention relates to removable rests for stoves; and itconsists inthe combination of the same therewith, said parts being constructed andadapted to each other, as hereinafter set forth.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a portion of a stove, range,&c., which, excepting as far as is necessary for purposes of myinvention, is of usual form and construction.

B represents a rest, which consists of a horizontally-arranged plateremovably connected to the stove or range adjacent to the oven andparallel therewith.

The faceplate ot' the stove, &c., is formed with ears a a, which projecthorizontally therefrom, and the rest B has on its rear side hookshapedlugs b and depending feet or legs 0, which latter are supported on thebottom molding or ledges, d, the lugs 11 having their ends pointingupward and engaging with the cars a.

It is desirable to allow some vertical play of the rest, so that thefeet or legs may drop into notches on the molding or ledges d after thelugs b are hung on the cars a, and thus securely hold the rest inposition without liability of dropping, it being noticed that theopening of each hook-shaped lug b is deeper than the height of the carsa. hen the rest is thus applied and sustained it provides a convenientdevice for holding bakingpans, dishes, &c., for keeping food warm, or asupport accessible to the oven, it being noticed that when the rest isnot occupied it does not interfere with the opening and closing of theoven-door, and when (No model.)

the oven is in use or closed the rest may be readily removed from thestove, in which case it is raised until the bottom of the legs 0 clearthe molding or ledges d, and turned until the lugs I) emerge from thecars a, thus disengaging the rest from the stove. The rest may then beplaced under the stove or otherwise located, this provision ofremovability being also serviceable for purposes of transportation,boxin g, and handling.

-The projecting cars a afford strong supports for the rest withoutweakening the stove, the abutment of the legs 0 against the plate of thestove increases the firmness of the rest, and the accidentaldisplacement of the rest by blows at its outer or front end isprevented.

I am aware that it is not new to attach a shelf to the front of a stove,and to provide the same with abutments which bear against said front,but which are not supported by the front molding and do not enterrecesses of the same.

I am also aware that it is not broadly new to provide such a shelf withhooks that turn upward.

I am also aware that it is not new to support a foot-rest partly on themolding at the bottom of the front of the stove.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

The foot-rest B, having upwardly-turned hook-shaped lugs b, and feet 0cast therewith, in combination with the stove having recessed molding dat bottom and ears (I on its face-plate, the openings of saidhook-shaped lugs being deeper than the height of the cars a, whereby therest is applied and removed to and from the stove by both rotary andvertical motions, and when the rest is in position it is locked at topby the cars a and at bottom by the bottom ends of the feet which projectdownwardly into the recesses of the molding of the stove, the back ofthe feet abutting against the stove, all as described.

WILLIAM L. MCDOWELL.

Witnesses "W. E. ROTIIERMEL,

W. D. BENNAGE.

